Literature

Short Stories:

Rocket Fish

Kerr stopped at the crest of a mound between two tufts of tall grass. The tufts on his right were an auburn dying yellow. The tufts on his left were livid green, an autumn discrepancy. - read more

Arcade Impressions
G.O.D. was second best, whoever that was. GOD was either an immodest pen name or an acronym, but these were the initials that glowed below the signature, R.G.C., of my eight-year-old brother. I was never as good as my brother.
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Sense in Fear
The door swung shut behind Malcolm with a metallic thud as he approached the half table with an innocuous plastic palm on a perilous tilt into a square recess of the wall. - read more

 

Poetry:

Tettrennial Drift

This backbone
A staircase of vertebrae
Embedded with crustacean fossils
Driven downward,
Upward enlivened
Whirls me into the air
Throws me down. - read more

Behind Them

He sold a triumvirate
a world of desirable control
straight from their table,
a playpen freeway of toys
as readily available
as a morning’s cup of coffee.
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Together

Together they are all desperately apart
Together they are all losing their hearts.
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Where I Go

Where I go
the seeds will shake me,
jammer at my frontal lobes,
germinate in my brain stem root,
and see with double sided eyes.
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He Comes Home Truth
He comes home truth
and leaves a mysterious.
This house is grass for bending light,
fertile for worlds in stories,
fertile for red trees to grow
to astonishing heights. - read more

Commentary

The attempt to ban my books from the Toronto Public Library System
Article and Illustration by Duncan Weller.

Without my efforts, only one copy of my award-winning book, The Boy from the Sun would exist in the Toronto Public Library system (99 libraries servicing 3 million people). - read more

On May 4th: From Roermond, Holland
Printed in the Chronicle Journal: May 6, 2010
Article and Photo by Duncan Weller

A two-minute silence at 8 pm on May 4th to respect the dead was broken at its tail end by a man intentionally and unintelligibly screaming amongst thousands of people in Dam Square, Amsterdam. - read more

The Eyjafjallajokull Blues
Chronicle Journal, April 22, 2010.
Article by Duncan Weller
Photo by Swedish tourist

The British Navy is sending ships to France to rescue the stranded. John Cleese of Monty Python spent five thousand dollars on a cab ride. People are still sleeping at airports.
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Love A Mosque in New York City
Written for the Chronicle Journal, but not printed.
Article by Duncan Weller.
Photo by Ms. Ebadati in 1999.

Last month commentator Mindelle Jacobs argued that the Islamic Cordoba House be allowed to exist in the shadow of the former twin towers only as an interfaith centre with a 9/11 memorial, but not solely as a mosque. - read more

 

Art Reviews & Related

Derelicte 3 Fashion/Art Show
Walleye Magazine, Feb. 2011
Article and Photo by Duncan Weller

Like falling through a layer cake of events, the fans and dedicated fashion followers, witnessed a body slam of wearable clothes, fabulous art, funky music and a good party when it hit the Black Pirate’s Pub.- read more

Lantern Keeper: The Art of Alana Forslund.
Painting by Alana Forslund
The Walleye Magazine, January 2011
Article and Photo by Duncan Weller

Alana Forslund is concerned that we adults are losing the best part of ourselves – memories of childhood, along with our imagination and our ability to play, overrun with the pressures of living the day-to-day adult life. - read more

LINDA BROWN: VESSELS UNEARTHED
Metal Art Magazine, 2010
Article and Photo by Duncan Weller

Three years ago, sisters Linda and Marianne Brown, stepped out the doors of the Thunder Bay Art Gallery, looked at each other, and asked “What have we gotten ourselves into?” - read more

Derbouka and Thorkelsson
Chronicle Journal, Dec. 2007
Article by Duncan Weller.
Photos Supplied

The Thunder Bay Art Gallery has offered me the opportunity to go hyperbolic with praise and dynamic description. I have to restrain myself in enthusiasm for two new shows in order to give you the facts first.
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Toni Hafkenscheid: Must See Photos and Art at the Definitely Superior Art Gallery
Article by Duncan Weller.
Chronicle Journal, Sat. Dec. 22, 2007 Photos supplied.

Toni Hafkenscheid’s photographic work in Gallery 1 evokes an unusual sense of awe and a degree of levity from its inspiring humour. - read more

Buffet of Art at the Definitely Superior Art Gallery: Lana McGregor, Sarah Furlotte, Matt Wyatt, Ryan Slivchak, Kathleen Baleja.
Sat. Nov. 10, 2007, Chronicle Journal.
Article and Photos by Duncan Weller

Your eyes are not enough. So I discovered when Kathleen Baleja pointed out that what I discounted as plain old paper mache was actually wasp nest mache, of a sort. - read more

TAKING HALLOWEEN UNDERGROUND: THE HUNGER CABARET
Definitely Superior Art Gallery
Chronicle Journal, Oct. 25, 2007
Article and Photos by Duncan Weller

An unparalleled slamming of events into one night is happening at Jack’s and Kilroy’s this Saturday. When asked, David Karasiewicz and Renee Terpstra, the organizers, butted horns attempting to determine what age group might most appreciate the unbelievable collection of 33 acts. - read more

Confluens: Flowing Together, a decade of collaboration in ceramics and metal.
Well Tempered: The recent metal work of Linda & Marianne Brown
The Chronicle Journal: Oct. 7, 2007
Article and Photos by Duncan Weller

Two surprisingly distinct and wonderful environments have been created at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery with works not generally exalted as bona fide art – small works of craft. - read more

LUSH: Pajama House Party
Hosted by Definitely Superior Art Gallery and LU Radio - 102.7 FM
Argus: Lakehead University Student Newspaper, 2007
Article and Photos by Duncan Weller

Stereotyped divisions of people get wrecked at a pajama party. - read more

The Ramayana: The Lotus flower of the East
Produced by Thunder Bay S.O.U.L. (Social Organization for Unity & Love)
Directed by Bhaktimarga Swami
Article and Photos by Duncan Weller

Theatre! Living breathing human beings on stage! - read more

Collection X
Arts Access symposium discusses the liaison between artists, galleries, and the community at large.
Article and Photos by Duncan Weller
A question for those in the art world from the lay public has been “what can you do for us?” - read more

Powerhouse Abstract: The Art of Guy Dufresne
Article by Duncan Weller
Entering Lot 66 on Port Arthur’s downtown Court Street you may get the impression that a curator from the National Gallery stopped by and generously donated some of the galleries best modernist works.
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LUSU elections
Printed in the Argus: Student newspaper, 2007
Article and Photos by Duncan Weller

For future reference if you want to win a position in LUSU my advice would be to speak with a voice of conviction about your platform, and speak in favour of democracy generally in absolutely every class you possibly can, in front of as many students as you possibly can.
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